Gerard O’Brien: Convicted judge overcame severe physical disability to teach and pursue legal careerDisabled from birth due to Thalidomide, Gerard O’Brien previously served as Fianna Fáil town councillor and as State solicitor for North TipperaryFri Dec 22 2023 - 20:14
Judge convicted of sexually assaulting six males on dates in the 1990s Gerard O’Brien was appointed a Circuit Court judge in 2014Fri Dec 22 2023 - 16:27
Man (50) charged with attempted murder of three children at Dublin’s Parnell Square Man also charged with causing serious harm to care workerThu Dec 21 2023 - 14:34
Judge rules man can preserve deceased sister’s Irish assets pending outcome of dispute over willsAssets include 750 acres and properties in Co Cork and on the Continent, High Court toldTue Dec 19 2023 - 16:56
Son seeks to recover alleged €267,000 debt from deceased mother’s €25m estateCase concerns estate of Ann Gibbons, a substantial landowner, businesswoman and farmers’ rights campaignerMon Dec 18 2023 - 18:30
Calls for legal loophole to be closed as another driver avoids six-month driving banSome judges are opposed to using the loophole and do not use it, says Sinn Féin Justice spokesmanMon Dec 18 2023 - 05:15
Enoch Burke and family: What is the status of the cases, complaints and challenges?Judge to review Enoch Burke’s continued imprisonment after he failed to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital SchoolMon Dec 11 2023 - 05:30
Judicial selection system should resolve public unease over appointments, says expert Achieving diversity within the predominantly middle-class judiciary is likely to take timeFri Dec 08 2023 - 17:30
System for appointing judges signed into law after Supreme Court decisionBill leaves government with ‘final decision’ concerning appointment of a judge, court saysFri Dec 08 2023 - 15:46
Claims of assaults, parental abuse and attempted fraud – a day in one of Ireland’s busiest District CourtsNaas District Court judge ‘exhausted’ after hearing cases, including man who allegedly punched and kicked elderly father and pulled his mother out of wheelchairFri Dec 08 2023 - 10:00
Supreme Court to rule on whether new system for appointing judges is constitutionalFianna Fáil Justice spokesman among those who raised concerns about Judicial Appointments Commission BillFri Dec 08 2023 - 05:00
New planning and environmental court to be operational from MondayThe new court, a division of the High Court with three specialist judges assigned to it, replaces High Court’s commercial planning listThu Dec 07 2023 - 12:55
Middle class dominance on Supreme Court may have impacted rights decisions, says law lecturerData shows most Supreme Court judges went to fee paying schools and attended UCDThu Dec 07 2023 - 06:00
Majority of women do not pursue domestic violence protection orders - judgeKildare judge says gardaí and courts are ‘caught between a rock and a hard place’ in dealing with ordersWed Dec 06 2023 - 20:07
Civil society groups give lukewarm reception to referendums as wording on carers falls shortConstitutional law expert Dr Laura Cahilane said proposed amendment had ‘completely fudged’ opportunityWed Dec 06 2023 - 06:00
Supreme Court to rule on Friday on constitutionality of new system for appointing judgesThe Bill provides for establishment of a commission to make recommendations on appointments on multiple groundsWed Dec 06 2023 - 04:00
Judge grants order for sale of land and property in estate of Desmond Guinness Separate issues concerning the interpretation of Desmond Guinness' will were previously agreed, High Court toldTue Dec 05 2023 - 04:00
Woman’s landmark case overturning ban on contraception started ‘social revolution’, says Supreme Court judgeMary McGee’s ‘legal equivalent of the moon landing’ gets first formal recognition after 50 yearsSun Dec 03 2023 - 09:37
Sport becomes for the ‘privileged few’ when confined to paid-for TV, Attorney General says‘Cashing in’ short term can cause a sport’s audience to dwindle, conference hears, as Fanning lauds Wimbledon’s exampleSat Dec 02 2023 - 10:50
Bringing ringleaders of Dublin riots to court possible but cases will be complexThe 15-year sentences handed down in the Strokestown eviction case shows judges can be tough on violent behaviourSat Dec 02 2023 - 07:30
Supreme Court to hear board’s appeal over order to re-engage Gaelscoil principal eight years after unlawful dismissalAppeal could have implications for other disciplinary investigations and employment cases, judges sayTue Nov 28 2023 - 18:53
HSE pursuing dead man’s estate for some €64,000 allegedly owed in nursing home feesIn separate case, judge hears man does not know who sold his family home months before wife’s deathMon Nov 27 2023 - 16:58
Criminal lawyers not surprised Jozef Puska did not plead guilty to Ashling Murphy’s murderMandatory life sentence means advising a guilty plea to murder is the ‘last thing’ most criminal lawyers would do, says solicitorSat Nov 25 2023 - 05:00
Legal loophole gets single day ban for driver who passed checkpoint without stopping Solicitor says woman did not deserve longer ban and the job of lawyers is to “find loopholes”Wed Nov 22 2023 - 06:00
Explainer: How some drivers approaching 12 penalty points are avoiding disqualification Legal loophole can be easily fixed says barristerTue Nov 21 2023 - 06:00
Traffic laws loophole means drivers avoid penalty points by being disqualified for a day Provision enables some to get around intention that drivers on 12 penalty points are disqualified for six months says barristerTue Nov 21 2023 - 06:00
‘My heart was ripped from my body’: Ashling Murphy’s mother tells court of heartbreakAmy Murphy said her sister’s pink fiddle case ‘now lies at home covered in dust’ after her murderFri Nov 17 2023 - 14:09
New system for appointing judges reduces role of government to ‘rubber stamp’, Supreme Court toldPresident referred Bill to court to decide if Oireachtas-sanctioned system is constitutional or repugnantWed Nov 15 2023 - 12:59
Attorney General to urge Supreme Court to rule new judicial appointments system constitutionalBasing judicial appointments on ‘merit’ is welcome but Bill’s failure to define merit is ‘problematic’ says constitutional law expertWed Nov 15 2023 - 06:00
Graham Dwyer bid to overturn murder conviction to be heard by Supreme Court in JanuaryDwyer argues mobile phone metadata records should not have been admitted into evidence at trialMon Nov 13 2023 - 16:31
Man keeps €1.5m home as €16.3m in debt is written off Court approves personal insolvency arrangement on €17.25m in debt after Dermot King’s property company ran into difficultiesMon Nov 13 2023 - 16:03
‘We have evil in this room’: Judge tells Jozef Puska he will have ‘day of reckoning’ for murder of Ashling MurphyAshling Murphy trial: Applause and tears in court as jury return unanimous guilty verdict against Jozef PuskaThu Nov 09 2023 - 17:21
Why did Jozef Puska murder Ashling Murphy? The answer may be known only to her killerThe evidence against Puska, including a confession, DNA, CCTV, witnesses, even some of his own testimony, was overwhelmingThu Nov 09 2023 - 15:02
Ashling Murphy trial: Jozef Puska convicted of the murder of 23-year-old Offaly teacherJudge says he agrees with jury verdict and says there is “evil in this room”.Thu Nov 09 2023 - 14:24
Ashling Murphy trial: Jury to resume considering verdict todayClosing addresses were made on Tuesday on behalf of the prosecution and defence after which Mr Justice Tony Hunt began his chargeWed Nov 08 2023 - 12:52
Jury in Ashling Murphy murder trial expected to begin considering verdict this week Prosecution counsel says evidence against Jozef Puska is ‘overwhelming’; defence urge jury not to have ‘a closed mind’ when assessing evidenceTue Nov 07 2023 - 17:58
Ashling Murphy: Evidence concludes in murder trial of Jozef PuskaDoctor says medication and other factors could have affected Jozef Puska when he made admissions to murder while in hospitalMon Nov 06 2023 - 13:35
Murder accused denies prosecution claim he stabbed Ashling Murphy 11 times Jozef Puska tells jury he was attacked by a man who then attacked womanFri Nov 03 2023 - 16:27
Ashling Murphy murder trial: Jozef Puska tells jury he was ‘not at all’ following woman around TullamoreAccused takes to the stand in trial over murder of 23 year old school teacherThu Nov 02 2023 - 17:28
Ashling Murphy murder trial: Jury sent away for day after first ‘speed bump’ hitMr Justice Tony Hunt says he is very hopeful proceedings will resume on ThursdayWed Nov 01 2023 - 12:21
Ashling Murphy murder trial: No evidence that admission by accused was related to the effects of any drug, jury toldPharmacology expert says he ‘never heard’ of anyone confessing to murder after small dose of OxycodonTue Oct 31 2023 - 13:18
Man arrested for murder of Ashling Murphy immediately after being discharged from hospital, court toldDNA obtained from under Ms Murphy’s fingernails matched accused's profile, jury hearsFri Oct 27 2023 - 13:19
Ashling Murphy trial: Accused in ‘very low spirits, even desperate’ after making ‘confession’ to murderDNA from bicycle matched Jozef Puska’s DNA profile with chance of a different match ‘one in a billion’, jury toldThu Oct 26 2023 - 17:33
Man accused of killing Ashling Murphy told garda ‘I am the murderer’, trial hearsJozef Puska made admissions in hospital two days after teacher’s death, jury hearsWed Oct 25 2023 - 19:02
Ashling Murphy trial: Murder accused told garda he had cut neck of girl he had never seen beforeGarda witnesses tell court Jozef Puska made admissions about killing schoolteacher while in St James’s Hospital two days after Ms Murphy’s deathWed Oct 25 2023 - 18:55
Ashling Murphy trial: Murder accused had scratched face and ‘did not want to talk too much’ when he called to friend’s home, court toldFriend tells the court Jozef Puska told him he was ‘in a fight’ and asked to be driven homeTue Oct 24 2023 - 13:22
Ashling Murphy trial: Woman says man was following her ‘for quite a bit of time’ on day of killingJozef Puska appeared to have stab wounds when paramedics called to apartment in Crumlin the day after Ashling Murphy’s death, court toldMon Oct 23 2023 - 18:26
Trial date fixed for two charged over alleged south Dublin accommodation fraudMan and woman are charged with theft of some €15,000 from international studentsMon Oct 23 2023 - 12:31
Ashling Murphy died as a result of 11 stab wounds to her neck, murder trial jury toldInjuries included severing of voicebox of 23-year-old school teacherThu Oct 19 2023 - 20:16
Ashling Murphy died as a result of 11 stab wounds to her neck, pathologist tells Central Criminal Court Injuries included severing of 23-year-old’s voicebox, jury toldThu Oct 19 2023 - 13:06
